The Tester

The Tester Season Premiere: Episode 1 “The Critical Eye” (free)
The chosen 11 gamers meet for the first time, confront their first challenge, and face the panel in the debut of PlayStation Network‘s new original series. Download now and find out who goes home first.
File size: 347 MB (SD) 936 MB (HD)

Qore

All Qore subscribers and purchasers of February’s episode (#21) can now visit Episode 21’s Download Center to download The Eye of Judgment LEGENDS demo for the PSP/PSPgo.

PSone Classics

Mass Destruction ($5.99)
Become a one-man army as you get behind the controls of one of three multi-armored battle tanks. Show no mercy as you utilize every weapon in your arsenal to bring about mass destruction against cruel, despotic regimes in over 20 missions across four types of terrain!
ESRB Rated T
File size: 87 MB

Sorcerer’s Maze ($5.99)
Travel through the Sorcerer’s Maze in this fantasy-filled puzzle game. Can you harness the powers of magic to defeat the monsters within?
ESRB Rated E
File size: 25 MB

Avatars

MAG SVER Badge Avatar ($0.49)
File size: 134 KB

MAG SVER Character Avatar ($0.49)
File size: 109 KB

MAG Raven Badge Avatar ($0.49)
File size: 100 KB

MAG Raven Character Avatar ($0.49)
File size: 106 KB

MAG Valor Badge Avatar ($0.49)
File size: 100 KB

MAG Valor Character Avatar ($0.49)
File size: 112 KB

Game Demos (free)

Yakuza 3 Network Demo
Introducing the next cinematic chapter in the prestigious Yakuza series renowned for its authentic, gritty and often violent look at modern Japan. Making its first appearance exclusively on the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system, the rich story and vibrant world of Yakuza 3 lets players engage in intense brutal clashes within the streets of Okinawa, and the vibrant and often dangerous city of Tokyo where only the strongest will survive.
ESRB Rated M
File size: 1.20 GBSonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing Demo
Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing Playable Demo.
ESRB Rated E
File size: 827 MB

Add-on Game Content

Dragon Ball: Raging Blast Saiyan’s Pack (free)
The “Dragon Ball: Raging Blast” Character Pack #7 is now available! The seventh release is the “Saiyans Pack.” This pack contains very popular Saiyan fighters: Majin Vegeta, Trunks (Fighting Teen), Vegito, Bardock and Super Saiyan 3 Vegeta! The Saiyans of all Saiyans now enter the Raging Blast battles! Who will be the last fighter standing…?
File size: 116 KB

Assassin’s Creed II Sequence 13: Bonfire of the Vanities ($4.99) ($3.99)
A must for Assassin’s fans, Assassin’s Creed II Sequence 13: Bonfire of the Vanities continues to expand the award-winning AC2 universe. Take on a powerful adversary in twelve new memories. Work with Machiavelli to free the city of Florence from the grip of the mad monk Savonarola.
File size: 1.49 GB

Assassin’s Creed II Sequence 13: Bonfire of the Vanities & Secret Locations ($9.99) ($6.99)
Assassin’s Creed II Sequence 13: Bonfire of the Vanities continues to expand the award-winning AC2 universe. Take on a powerful adversary in 12 new memories. Work with Machiavelli to free the city of Florence from the grip of the mad monk Savonarola. Three Templar secret locations from the AC2 Collector’s Edition are also included: Palazzo Medici, Santa Maria Dei Frari, and the Arsenal Shipyard.
File size: 1.49 GB

Dante’s Inferno Florentine Dante Costume ($1.99)
Dress Dante as the famous Italian poet of the Middle Ages, Dante Alighieri. Part one of his poem The Divine Comedy serves as the backdrop for EA’s action-adventure epic Dante’s Inferno.
File size: 5.34 MB

Resident Evil 5 Lost In Nightmares ($4.99)
This is the first installment of new content for Resident Evil 5. Find out what happened to Jill at Spencer’s estate, and play as Barry Burton and Excella Gionne in The Mercenaries Reunion.
File size: 413 MB

Resident Evil 5 Costume Pack 1 ($1.99)
This costume pack is compatible with the original game. Show off Chris’ muscled physique with his Warrior outfit, and add a bit of elfin fantasy to Sheva with Fairy Tale. These costumes can also be used in The Mercenaries Reunion in addition to the main story.
File size: 116 KB

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Hoth Mission Pack ($9.99)
Go beyond the evil ending of The Force Unleashed and take the Apprentice to Hoth to “recruit” an important ally.
File size: 888 MB

Rock Band
Build your Rock Band library by purchasing these song game tracks. For song credits, visit www.RockBand.com.

PS3 Themes

Wallpaper (free)

Fret Nice Wallpaper
File size: 229 KB (SD) 1.09 MB (HD)

PlayStation Store for PSP

Downloadable Games (also available from PS3 Storefront)

SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 3 ($39.99)
The best selling shooter on the PSP returns with an intense single player campaign, unprecedented 4 player co-op, and up to 16 player competitive multiplayer.
ESRB Rated T
File size: 1.04 GB

Puzzle Chronicles ($29.99)
Enter the dark and savage lands of the Ashurin Empire as you battle to avenge the atrocities the Empire brought upon your tribesmen. On your heroic quest to topple the Empire you will fìght fierce beasts and battle hardened warriors in this new Puzzle RPG hybrid game. Featuring an active puzzle combat mechanic, deep story, and robust character development Puzzle Chronicles will bring you into the next era of Puzzle RPGs.
ESRB Rated E10+
File size: 146 MB

Add-On Game Content (also available from PS3 Storefront)

BUZZ! Quiz World PSP National Geographic Safari Pack ($3.99)
From the world famous National Geographic archives comes the ultimate African wildlife quiz. This BUZZ! Quiz World PSP quiz pack features hundreds of new questions about African wildlife to play in any of your favorite BUZZ! Quiz World PSP game modes. Download this quiz pack today and turn your party into the ultimate trivia showdown. Challenge friends and family and “Show ’em Your Trivia!”
File size: 52 MB

SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 3 Online Entitlement ($19.99)
The Online Entitlement is used to activate the online / infrastructure features of SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3. For those purchasing the game second-hand, the entitlement will need to be purchased and entered into a PSN account prior to activating the infrastructure co-op and multiplayer features. The entitlement will be tied to purchasing PSN account and cannot be used by another account.
File size: N/A

LittleBigPlanet PSP Wedding Costumes (free)
LittleBigPlanet’s critically acclaimed “PLAY, CREATE, SHARE” experience, makes its way to the PSP system with a completely new Sackboy adventure. Get two free costumes and get dressed up for the biggest wedding of the year!
NOTE: Manual Update required
File size: 2.48 MB

Where’s Vagrant Story? By the way we should have free dynamic themes on the PS NA store because the EU PS store has two free dynamic themes, one of motorstorm and one of wipeout. Why not some free games too.

can someone with the ACII collectors edition comment on whether they feel the three templar locations are worth an extra $5? i want to play the 13th sequence, just wondering if i should get everything or just the sequence.

Let me guess, we will never be getting any more avatars for free and every single 60×60 png file will now be $.50

I am so glad update 3.0 added the ability for Sony to charge us for Avatars. I also like how you rename them “Premium” when there is NOTHING premium about them but the price. It just seems a bit silly that we are paying to advertise your products and characters.

To all the tool bags; yes, I can afford $.50. That is NOT the issue. Also don’t tell me that designers have to get paid for their work because these images can be pumped out by any internet monkey.

Reading through these comments every week and seeing 75% of them being complaints about more avatars, themes, videos, and playing dress-up with Sackboys instead of about actual games sort of explains why UMD Legacy and PSOne (actual) Classics have taken a backseat recently.

Hey solid update from what I see here. The premier of “The Tester” looks good. Pulse is great too, love Christina. I see alot of gamers on this board asking about MLB 10 The Show. I’ve had PS3 for over 3 years now and I’ve seen demos for each verison of the game. Hopefully whenever it comes out for Demo soon. I look forward to playing it. The tralier I saw last week got me hooked too. Well that’s all for now.

Were you able to look into the Gravity Crash wallpapers problem? I keep trying to download the “sun” wallpaper and keep getting the “space” wallpaper.

Also could we get the PixelJunk Shooter demo that other regions got recently? I’d really like to try before I buy.Pretty please? : )

Speaking of buying, any word on funding our PSN wallets with PayPal/PayPal with credit card yet? It would be really helpful.

Another thing about PSN, is it possible to have the trailers , wallpapers and themes we download to get a check mark by them. I have a hard time remembering what I’ve already downloaded. Demos and games get a red symbol once we’ve downloaded them.

Cool update I wont play the Yakuza 3 demo, but I will play the Sonic All stars raceing demo for sure.

Also major creds to the PSN team for getting some new Avatars up there for us to buy, the more we have the better we can make our selfs stand out in this sea of gamers that is now 20 million strong on PSN!

Downloaded RE5 Addon content and totally ready to play!
Gonna take me back to the old RE days haha, so excited (just updating to 2.00 atm).

Gonna get the Yakuza demo after and also can’t wait for that announcement from Capcom in April. :D (hoping for MH PS3, just as much as exclusive character in Lost Planet 2 or Dead Rising 2 content, all very possible).

I know this isn’t the place to post it, but I need people to hear this request.

The PS3-to-PS3 transfer can carry over all content, including locked saves. Yet the Backup Utility can’t!!!

What’s wrong with that picture?!

Sony, for the love of god, please fix that. I really want to upgrade my hard drive, but if that means that I lose all the hours I put into Demon’s Souls and KZ2, then I cannot do it! Please! I’m between a rock and a hard place!

@Grace,Chris,and Jeff
i just beat white knight chronicles not too long ago and as i watch the credits roll.ever since i have been playing rpgs i always wait til the end,never know what you may miss.as i looked up and read the names.i was like is that who i think that was.it felt good seeing your names on the screen.because of you all responding to all our questions,concerns,and comments.i was like i know that person.it makes you feel as if the game got tailored for you by way of friends.
this may be off subject a bit,i just want to say thanks for what you guys do.i know its not easy dealing with us and you guys do a fine job.

Jesus, any chance we could just seperate out the posts from the whining, over-entitled illiterates who only seem to come here to complain about such idiotic things it hurts to read?

A good start would be to seperate the PSP updates away from the PS3 ones. PS3 updates have been awesome lately, but the PSP ones have not, and I for one am tired of crying “PSP owners” decrying every update as “crap” because it isn’t wall to wall PS1 Jap RPG borefests every week to the exclusion of all else. Newsflash folks, if you actually bought a PSPGo, then you are getting exactly what you deserve with rubbish updates in my book.

Keep those excellent PS3 updates coming. I for one have been far more pleased with the quality of what there’s been to download there this year than any other console. My 360 seems to do little but gather dust these days, as it seems to be nothing but shovelware XBLA games in every update.

@hiro-zero. I don’t see why gamers wanting to show their support for current games via themes/avatars/videos is a problem. Sure, I would like to get some ps1 classics or maybe even Alex Kidd in miracle world remastered with trophies (I love that game!!!), but wanting to show your support of a game with a cool dynamic theme doesn’t make someone less of a gamer. I mean, come on!